I refuse to step foot inside a Moxies exactly for this reason. Not only because they are parading their waitresses around like objects instead of human employees, but because it is a blatant health and safety violation. And every Moxies I’ve been in has STAIRCASES, without risers, that waitresses must climb in fucking…

As someone who has worked at several of these restaurants in Calgary I can attest to the fact that this is not only true, but one of the lesser evils. Not only were we made to wear heels but hair had to be either completely flat-ironed or curled (no natural hair allowed) AND we had to wear full faces of make-up (the…

Calgary. Not surprised. There is a lot of pressure to push the labor law there (and in Edmonton, too), especially now that the NDP are in and looks like we’ll be seeing a $15 minimum wage within 3 years. Plus, because it’s Canada, they can report this to the labor board. So they don’t even need lawyers, if they don’t…